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HeraldAlberich
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16th Dec, 2018 09:33:42 PM
If it's not Fun with Subtitles, it's related. Also resembles Translation: "Yes".
A gag in silent films where a character clearly talks for a period of time that would imply a paragraph but once the subtitle frame shows up,it reveals the speaker only said two or three words.